Does University of Liverpool use AI detection? No
Short answer
No. University of Liverpool does not run AI detection on submissions, so no AI score is generated for your work.
Module rules on permitted AI use still apply either way, and a detector score is never the whole case — the university’s own statement and what it means for you are below.
What University of Liverpool has said
Disabled (after pilot). Piloted the AI detection tool from Sept 2023, then decided to disable it, removing it from Turnitin from 1 Aug 2024, citing reliability shortfalls and bias against non-native English speakers.
Source (18 Jul 2024): University news
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What this means if you study here
Liverpool's position carries the weight of a real trial: it piloted Turnitin's AI detection from September 2023, then disabled it from 1 August 2024, citing reliability shortfalls and bias against non-native English speakers. A pilot-then-disable decision is stronger evidence about the tool than an early refusal — Liverpool used it and chose to stop.
The bias finding matters if English is not your first language: the university itself has acknowledged the documented risk. Today, Liverpool submissions generate no AI score, and integrity concerns proceed on process evidence and academic judgement.
Turnitin at University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool has the AI-detection feature disabled in its checking tools, so no AI score is generated for submissions. Similarity checking is separate from AI detection and remains the sector norm, so source matching should still be assumed.
How the AI writing report behaves wherever it is enabled — the 300-word minimum, the 1–19% asterisk band, and why the score is never proof on its own — is covered in does Turnitin detect AI?
Before you submit, anywhere
- Policies change and are re-verified here quarterly — the university’s linked statement above is always the authority, and your module brief overrides everything.
- Whatever the institutional toggle, keep your drafts and version history: process evidence decides disputes, not scores.
- No third-party tool predicts a Turnitin result — here is why. Use checks to understand your own writing, not to chase a number.
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